It apparently is still true. My brother runs an auto repair shop and he says he barely sees Hondas or Toyotas at all compared to American cars - they just don't break down - and he works in a decent sized city, so it's not just that there are no foreign cars there. And of the American cars he does work on, he says he sees more Chrysler products than any others.

Sadly, this is spot on. It sucks, but us old gamers aren't anywhere near enough to change things on our own. The only way we have could any leverage is if enough of us get our kids on our side. I've gotten my 16 year old son thoroughly indoctrinated in what I think is good and bad about the gaming industry today. He's my little disciple. :)

I wouldn't say is set in Chicago. It's more "Chicagoesque". Yeah some of the buildings are represented, and certain Chicago landmarks are thrown in, but like OP says, the layout is all wrong, and many major landmarks are completely missing. Like the Field Museum, Soldier Field, etc. Now they probably ran into licensing issues with a lot of this stuff, but as someone who's more or less familiar with Chicago (grew up in the suburbs), the game doesn't feel like Chicago.

It's like they bought the rights to use the name "Chicago" and rights to certain other landmarks and buildings, but just made up all the rest. Sort of a fun game, but when a game claims to be set in the city of Chicago, it should fucking look like it.